36 – May 2022 Current Affairs Quiz

May 2022 Current Affairs Quiz

Whilst there’s little doubt that significant progress has been made, unfortunately, there is still a large disparity between the number of people with disabilities in employment, compared to non-disabled people in work. Narrowing the disability employment gap requires a collective effort from both employers and employees, to help create wholly inclusive workplaces. 

In the second quarter of 2021, the disability employment rate was 52.7%, compared to a rate of 81.0% for non-disabled people. Promisingly, compared to Q2 2013, the gap between the two rates of employment has decreased by 4.8 percentage points.